Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Pennsylvania with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
76 Pennsylvania hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T50 | UPMC Passavant | 0.97, 33rd percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.42, 56th percentile | 0.71, 24th percentile | — | 0.92, 25th percentile | 0.68, 14th percentile | Compare UPMC Passavant |
| 52 | Geisinger Medical Center | 1.01, 31st percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 0.79, 27th percentile | 0.55, 36th percentile | 0.54, 70th percentile | 0.65, 45th percentile | 0.53, 22nd percentile | Compare Geisinger Medical Center |
| 53 | Penn State Health St. Joseph | 1.04, 30th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.61, 38th percentile | 0.23, 65th percentile | — | 1.36, 10th percentile | 0.75, 11th percentile | Compare Penn State Health St. Joseph |
| T54 | Penn Presbyterian Medical Center | 1.05, 29th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 1.00, 16th percentile | 0.62, 30th percentile | — | 1.45, 8th percentile | 0.42, 31st percentile | Compare Penn Presbyterian Medical Center |
| T54 | UPMC Williamsport | 1.05, 29th percentile | 1.38, 4th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.45, 45th percentile | — | 0.33, 72nd percentile | 0.31, 45th percentile | Compare UPMC Williamsport |
| 56 | Jefferson Hospital | 1.07, 29th percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 0.10, 79th percentile | 0.21, 66th percentile | — | 0.61, 49th percentile | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Jefferson Hospital |
| 57 | Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania | 1.09, 28th percentile | 0.66, 99th percentile | 0.89, 20th percentile | 0.98, 12th percentile | 1.14, 36th percentile | 0.53, 57th percentile | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare Hospital Of University Of Pennsylvania |
| 58 | Pennsylvania Hospital | 1.09, 28th percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 0.97, 17th percentile | 0.26, 63rd percentile | 0.72, 57th percentile | 0.99, 21st percentile | 0.40, 33rd percentile | Compare Pennsylvania Hospital |
| 59 | Forbes Hospital | 1.25, 22nd percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 0.80, 26th percentile | 0.61, 30th percentile | — | 0.41, 67th percentile | 0.60, 18th percentile | Compare Forbes Hospital |
| 60 | Wilkes-Barre General Hospital | 1.34, 19th percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | 0.32, 73rd percentile | 0.43, 31st percentile | Compare Wilkes-Barre General Hospital |
| 61 | Doylestown Hospital | 1.35, 19th percentile | 0.73, 97th percentile | 0.56, 44th percentile | 0.80, 19th percentile | — | 0.74, 38th percentile | 0.60, 18th percentile | Compare Doylestown Hospital |
| 62 | Magee Womens Hospital Of UPMC Health System | 1.39, 17th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.59, 40th percentile | 0.25, 64th percentile | 1.15, 36th percentile | 0.53, 57th percentile | 0.46, 27th percentile | Compare Magee Womens Hospital Of UPMC Health System |
| 63 | Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald | 1.41, 17th percentile | 1.36, 5th percentile | 1.08, 13th percentile | 0.83, 18th percentile | — | 0.52, 57th percentile | 0.42, 31st percentile | Compare Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgerald |
| 64 | Reading Hospital | 1.42, 16th percentile | 1.17, 12th percentile | 0.49, 49th percentile | 0.61, 31st percentile | 3.02, 5th percentile | 0.71, 40th percentile | 0.36, 39th percentile | Compare Reading Hospital |
| 65 | Main Line Hospital Lankenau | 1.43, 16th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 0.36, 61st percentile | 0.80, 20th percentile | 0.66, 62nd percentile | 0.83, 32nd percentile | 0.23, 57th percentile | Compare Main Line Hospital Lankenau |
| 66 | Regional Hospital Of Scranton | 1.44, 16th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.33, 43rd percentile | Compare Regional Hospital Of Scranton |
| 67 | Wellspan York Hospital | 1.49, 14th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 0.36, 61st percentile | 0.57, 34th percentile | 1.09, 37th percentile | 0.48, 60th percentile | 0.34, 41st percentile | Compare Wellspan York Hospital |
| 68 | Paoli Hospital | 1.51, 14th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.77, 27th percentile | 0.69, 25th percentile | — | 1.38, 10th percentile | 0.42, 32nd percentile | Compare Paoli Hospital |
| 69 | West Penn Hospital | 1.58, 13th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 0.47, 51st percentile | 0.48, 41st percentile | 0.60, 65th percentile | 0.52, 57th percentile | 0.30, 47th percentile | Compare West Penn Hospital |
| 70 | Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital | 1.77, 9th percentile | 1.60, 1st percentile | — | 0.61, 31st percentile | — | — | 0.82, 9th percentile | Compare Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital |
| 71 | Saint Vincent Hospital | 1.86, 7th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 0.46, 52nd percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | 0.84, 48th percentile | 0.52, 58th percentile | 0.56, 20th percentile | Compare Saint Vincent Hospital |
| 72 | Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital | 1.96, 6th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.51, 39th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.62, 17th percentile | Compare Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital |
| 73 | UPMC Hanover | 2.11, 4th percentile | 1.14, 15th percentile | 0.99, 16th percentile | 1.06, 10th percentile | — | 2.58, 1st percentile | 0.78, 10th percentile | Compare UPMC Hanover |
| 74 | UPMC Memorial | 2.12, 4th percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | 0.61, 39th percentile | 1.55, 4th percentile | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.47, 26th percentile | Compare UPMC Memorial |
| 75 | Heritage Valley Beaver | 2.35, 2nd percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | 0.63, 36th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | 0.54, 55th percentile | 1.18, 4th percentile | Compare Heritage Valley Beaver |
| 76 | UPMC Carlisle | 2.40, 2nd percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.59, 33rd percentile | — | — | 0.17, 66th percentile | Compare UPMC Carlisle |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).